Actually if that's all of them, that's only 71 all-new pokemon, strangely enough. Much less than there's been in the past. Still, I don't see any there that immediately disgust me like there have been in the past, like Purugly or Garbador.

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Looks to me like there probably are more for two reasons. 1. I don't believe for a second that Charizard is the only former starter who gets two Mega forms. 2. I don't see a new Mew/Celebi/w/e came afterwards type pokemon in there to be the top secret cute type.

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So far it appears that list is correct, the 69 new pokemon (there's 2 repeats on that list) are the only known ones right now, the only possible extra ones are maybe event ones like the Mew-type for this generation like you mentioned, but even if there are some of those to come that's a really small number of new Pokemon.

I don't really mind though, none of the new designs really annoy me when there's been a lot of those the last few generations.

I think this is the Pokemon that's finally going to get me back into Pokemon. Downloaded at midnight, but after it taking until 2:30 to download, I just went to bed and then played a little this morning. I was shocked at how many Pokemon are available right at the start. Pokemon also level up faster from what I can tell. AND HOLY CRAP IT ONLY TAKES A QUICK MOMENT TO SAVE!!!

Don't forget to get your Mystery Gift Torchic, guys! :) And yes, I love the new EXP Share and save quickness.

Hate the player character's friends though. 3 out of 4 of them are as annoying as the D/P/P rival (Barry?). And the Route 1 in this game has to be one of the most pathetically short things ever. Your towns are ten steps away from each other! XD

And after receiving my gift Torchic, it looks like I'll be using ol' reliable Pidgey as my main flier instead of adorable cool/new Fletchling. Too bad, because I wanted to see what Fletchling was all about, but since it's fire/flying in its evolutions and I got a kick-butt fire 'mon as a gift...

This has probably already been answered, but I'm on the edge of getting this. I haven't played Pokemon since Diamond, and I'm wondering if this has anything that will actually make me enjoy the series again.

"Shared EXP." After your first gym battle, you get this item that gives every pokemon in your party EXP regardless of whether they directly fought in a battle or not. Makes things less grindy. And till Jan 14, you can get a free Torchic (with Blaziken megastone) which is a pretty nice bonus. But, really, the "Shared EXP" feature is the cat's pyjamas.

I haven't played a Pokemon since Crystal and I'm hooked like a prize trout.

I'd recommend it, Bleaker. They have tweaked a lot of little things to make life better for players. As Dincrest said, big change to the EXP Share item (which now just sits in your inventory instead of having to be held). Also, you start the game with running shoes and get roller skates very shortly after leaving home.

But there are other things too - for example, Tackle is a 50 power move now instead of 35. String Shot lowers speed "harshly." And they've organized the wild pokemon so that by the time you hit the second town, you can have normal, flying, fire, water, grass, bug/poison, electric, and normal/fairy types in your crew. So you don't get stuck rolling around with one starter and a bunch of normals for a few towns any more. Lots of stuff. This is a really big update to the series.

Great. I'll go buy Y tomorrow. This is going to be very shallow, but as a person who hasn't played Pokemon in forever, I am now judging my purchase of each version based on the fact that I like the color Red more than Blue.